Chess
Sixty Minutes and Five Branches: Daniel King Patches Up the Najdorf Mid-SeasonIn a video file exactly sixty minutes long, a grey-haired man sits down at a...
European Club Cup in Budva: Bayegan Pendik lead with a 2715 average EloOn the pairing sheet taped to a hotel corridor wall in Budva, the open sectio...
Daniel King and the Najdorf Map: 60 Minutes to Patch a Shifting Coordinate SystemRound four of an open tournament in Chiang Mai. The player with the black...
The 60-Minute Scandinavian: A Promise of Convenience and the Gap After Move FifteenOn a Saturday morning at a coffee shop in Thu Dau Mot, a man in his forties...
9...a5 and the Data Gap Inside a King's Indian Opening DVDOn a scrap of notepaper at a chess club in Da Nang there are exactly four...
When the Headline Loses the Ball: Sipke Ernst, the Benko Gambit and the Blind Spot in Chess MemoryAutumn 2026. I sat alone in the editorial room in Saint Petersburg, a chess...
The Scandinavian Defense: One Hour, Two Borrowed Signatures, and the Limits of a PromiseThree seconds. That is the entire time the player with the black pieces at...
Dortmund Sparkassen Trophy 2027: When a Chess Headline Does Not Match Its Promotional ContentOn an August evening, a club player in Da Nang opens a phone, sees the headli...
The 63rd Check: Double Agent and the Limit It ProvedIn a small café on Nguyen Chi Thanh Street, I sat across from an old friend, ...
6th Intercontinental Online Chess Championship for Prisoners: 140 Teams, One Record, and the Gaps Nobody Has FilledA chessboard sits on a plastic table inside a communal room. No stands. No...
6th Intercontinental Online Chess Championship for Prisoners: 140 Teams and an Unfilled Data GapWhen the sixth Intercontinental Online Chess Championship for Prisoners kicke...
The 2026/87 Chess Bundesliga Case: When a Late Arrival Rewrote the Relegation TableThe 2026/87 chess Bundesliga season did not end with a decisive move on the...
The Endgame Without Spectators: Karsten Müller and the Craft of Teaching People to ListenI remember an afternoon in Nha Trang, sitting in front of a computer screen...
Yu Yangyi Beats Ding Liren at Shenzhen Masters: What Is Confirmed and What Still Awaits VerificationLate at night in Nha Trang, after a data session for a grassroots tournament,...
White Avoids 2.c4: How the London System Forces Black to Start OverIn a tournament hall in Saint Petersburg last winter, I sat behind the glass...
When White Declines 2.c4: A Black Repertoire Against London, Colle, Trompowsky and TorreThe tournament hall was so quiet that I could hear the chess clock ticking be...
The 9...a5 Move and a False Headline: When a Chess DVD Wears the Clothes of NewsA move on the ninth square never begins a story, but it is often where a stor...
European Club Cup in Budva: Bayegan Pendik lead with a 2715 average EloOn the pairing sheet taped to a hotel corridor wall in Budva, the open sectio...
Daniel King and the Najdorf Map: 60 Minutes to Patch a Shifting Coordinate SystemRound four of an open tournament in Chiang Mai. The player with the black...
The 60-Minute Scandinavian: A Promise of Convenience and the Gap After Move FifteenOn a Saturday morning at a coffee shop in Thu Dau Mot, a man in his forties...
9...a5 and the Data Gap Inside a King's Indian Opening DVDOn a scrap of notepaper at a chess club in Da Nang there are exactly four...
When the Headline Loses the Ball: Sipke Ernst, the Benko Gambit and the Blind Spot in Chess MemoryAutumn 2026. I sat alone in the editorial room in Saint Petersburg, a chess...
The Scandinavian Defense: One Hour, Two Borrowed Signatures, and the Limits of a PromiseThree seconds. That is the entire time the player with the black pieces at...
Dortmund Sparkassen Trophy 2027: When a Chess Headline Does Not Match Its Promotional ContentOn an August evening, a club player in Da Nang opens a phone, sees the headli...
The 63rd Check: Double Agent and the Limit It ProvedIn a small café on Nguyen Chi Thanh Street, I sat across from an old friend, ...
6th Intercontinental Online Chess Championship for Prisoners: 140 Teams, One Record, and the Gaps Nobody Has FilledA chessboard sits on a plastic table inside a communal room. No stands. No...
6th Intercontinental Online Chess Championship for Prisoners: 140 Teams and an Unfilled Data GapWhen the sixth Intercontinental Online Chess Championship for Prisoners kicke...
The 2026/87 Chess Bundesliga Case: When a Late Arrival Rewrote the Relegation TableThe 2026/87 chess Bundesliga season did not end with a decisive move on the...
The Endgame Without Spectators: Karsten Müller and the Craft of Teaching People to ListenI remember an afternoon in Nha Trang, sitting in front of a computer screen...
Yu Yangyi Beats Ding Liren at Shenzhen Masters: What Is Confirmed and What Still Awaits VerificationLate at night in Nha Trang, after a data session for a grassroots tournament,...
White Avoids 2.c4: How the London System Forces Black to Start OverIn a tournament hall in Saint Petersburg last winter, I sat behind the glass...
When White Declines 2.c4: A Black Repertoire Against London, Colle, Trompowsky and TorreThe tournament hall was so quiet that I could hear the chess clock ticking be...
The 9...a5 Move and a False Headline: When a Chess DVD Wears the Clothes of NewsA move on the ninth square never begins a story, but it is often where a stor...


